Its been a long time since I’ve ventured into the garage to use the scroll saw or the jig saw, but project #6 gave me the perfect reason to dust off the saw.

The simplicity of the palette flag project is perfect:

opportunity to teach (age appropriate) “tool use and safety”

project for a beginner

time to use your scrap wood

kid friendly activity for painting the stars and stripes

I love rustic wood projects but didn’t have any palette slats to use; I bought simple pine slats (they were already pre-cut to size). I think this would look fantastic if you use weathered barn wood or palette wood. If you try this with uneven, weathered wood tweet me a picture. I bet it turned out fabulous. Do you like wood projects? What inspires you?

Instructions:

Put 2 boards aside for the back of the flag (These will become the vertical slats that the horizontal stripes will rest on)

Paint two boards white

Paint one board red

For the last three boards, tape off about 6 inches (or 1/3 the length of the board) from the left. This will be the “blue” part of the flag

Paint the blue area, let dry

Remove the tape and place over the blue paint to protect the “blue line”

Paint the red stripe on the other end of the two blue painted boards

Paint the white stripe on the other end of the two blue painted boards

Assembly the boards

Place the horizontal stripes across the vertical boards (the ones you didn’t paint)

Leave a small space (~1/4″ – 1/2″) between each stripe

Glue and clamp each stripe or attach with a brad nailer

Glue or brad nail the white stars to the blue part of the flag

If you are hanging the wood flag outside, apply varnish to protect it against the elements

Ideas:

Great hostess gift idea to take to the neighborhood BBQ

Instead of small wooden stars; sponge paint, stamp or stencil white stars on the blue part of the flag

Sand down the edges of the stars and stripes for a rustic look and feel

Buff or sponge brown or black ink on the edges of the stars and stripes for an antique look and feel

Show your state pride and paint your state flag

Place vinyl star shaped stickers (as a relief pattern) and then paint the blue over the stars

For the blue part of the flag, paint it white first

let the paint dry

place the vinyl stars on the white part of the stripe

paint over the vinyl stars with blue paint

let paint dry and remove the vinyl stickers

I was really happy with how easy this project came together. I hung mine flag on my front porch and might just leave it up all year long. Where did you hang your finished flag? tweet how you used today’s DIY project #tth4thofjuly Here’s to a Happy and decorated 4th of July.

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